Jason Kidd’s first game as coach of the Brooklyn Nets will not be Oct. 30 when the team tips off the season in Cleveland. Nor will it be against the Heat two nights later. It will now be in Orlando on Nov. 3.

We told you this was likely coming back in July but now the league has made it official — Kidd has been suspended two games after pleading guilty to a driving while intoxicated case. This is pretty much the standard DWI suspension from the league for players and coaches.

Lead assistant coach Lawrence Frank will coach the team for those two games.

Back in the July 2012 Kidd crashed his SUV into a tree in the Hamptons in New York and was arrested for driving under the influence. Nobody was hurt injured in the incident, which is fortunate. This summer Kidd pled guilty while his attorney said the future Hall of Famer had to own up to it.

All in all, Kidd gets off pretty lightly for something that could have been far worse and more serious.

Jason Kidd is not a leader? That’s the first I’ve heard of that. He might be a Ulysses Grant type – alcoholic, failure in just about everything else, but one damn fine warrior and general.

I don’t know how all this is going to turn out for the Nets, but even disregarding his career, and based only on what Kidd has been saying since his hire, I’m expecting him to be a quality head coach.

Terms like “intense defense” and “selfless teamwork” are not employed as generic catchphrases for him – it’s been his life for most of the last 20 years. He’s pragmatic, charismatic, open minded, intelligent, and he has the full respect of the players. (he can also steal their girls)